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Hogansville council backs temporary closure of Holmes Street ahead of full reclamation
Summary
City Manager Lisa Kelly told the council Holmes Street is in severe disrepair and recommended temporarily closing the road to just past the church until full-depth reclamation can be funded with LMIG and SPLOST dollars; council agreed and will consider a vote at tonight's Regular Meeting.
City Manager Lisa E. Kelly told the Hogansville City Council at a Jan. 6 work session that Holmes Street is in such poor condition the city should "shut down the portion of Holmes down to just past the Church" until it can afford full-depth reclamation.
Kelly said the city expects to use Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG) funds allocated in 2025 and 2026, paired with SPLOST dollars for the local match, to pay for the work and estimated the project would likely be funded by Spring 2026. Council members agreed the temporary closure with signage, barriers and public notice is the appropriate short-term step.
The council discussed seeking additional road-maintenance funding from new developments but settled on the LMIG/SPLOST approach as the primary funding path. Staff will prepare language and signage for the temporary closure and add the item to the Regular Meeting agenda for a formal council vote tonight.
The decision at the work session is a direction to place the closure on the regular agenda; no final action was recorded in the work session minutes. If approved at the Regular Meeting, the closure would remain until full-depth reclamation is budgeted and scheduled.
